Category Archives: KUZZ News

LAKE ISABELLA, CA (KUZZ) -- The search for a missing Bakersfield man has ended after a body was recovered from the Kern River. The Kern County Sheriff's Office says Corey Vargas, 36, was fishing Satur...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A 61-year-old man has been sentenced to 32 years to life in prison for shooting an acquaintance eight times and leaving him for dead in a field in east Bakersfield. Rogelio A...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Local, state, and federal agencies that responded to the tense hostage crisis at the Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield were honored Wednesday at a Bakersfield City ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The final person has been sentenced after a teenager's newborn baby was drowned and buried in her family's backyard in southwest Bakersfield. Bakhshinderpal Singh Mann, 31, w...

METTLER, CA (KUZZ) -- Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tejon says it's already delivering a major economic boost to Kern County, just seven months after opening. Casino officials say the property is expecte...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A 26-year-old man accused in a deadly east Bakersfield stabbing has been charged with first-degree murder. Angel Garcia-Meza pleaded not guilty Tuesday, June 9, 2026, through...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Authorities are working to identify a person found dead inside a burning vehicle in east Bakersfield. The Kern County Sheriff's Office says firefighters were extinguishing th...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- New information has been released following the hours-long standoff involving hostages at the Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police Department w...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The board of the Bakersfield City School District is set to consider seven potential new names for Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School. A committee reviewed names submitted by ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Authorities have released the name of a convicted sex offender who held hostages during a dramatic bomb-threat situation in downtown Bakersfield. On Tuesday, Anthony Scott Se...